Terra Foundation for American Art 980 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1315 Chicago Illinois 60611 Accession Number: 1988.26
Date:
1892
Notes:
Terra Museum of American Art, 1993.
Hirschler, Erica E., "Dennis Miller Bunker: American Impressionist," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1994, pg. 95.
"The first West Coast retrospective exhibition of paintings by William Merritt Chase, 1849-1916," Santa Barbara: University of California, Santa Barbara, 1964.
Pisano, Ronald G., "The complete catalogue of known and documented work by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916); volume 1. The paintings in pastel, monotypes, painted tiles and ceramic plates, watercolors, and prints," New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, no. P85.
Iap Clippings File, n.d.
Image on file.
"The first West Coast retrospective exhibition of paintings by William Merritt Chase, 1849-1916," Santa Barbara: University of California, Santa Barbara, 1964, #15.
Pisano, Ronald G., "The complete catalogue of known and documented work by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916); volume 1. The paintings in pastel, monotypes, painted tiles and ceramic plates, watercolors, and prints," New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, pg. 37.
(Lower left:) Wm. M. Chase signed
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Summary:
Interior with the artist's wife seated looking at two young girls (probably the artist's daughters Alice Dieudonnee Chase (age 5) and Koto Robertine Chase (3) shown playing on the floor with a fold-out book. The girls are wearing white and pink while the wife wears a black dress. A plant is on a stand at right and paintings hang along the wall. A large dark armoire, on which is a vase of flowers, is on the back wall.
Topic:
Architecture interior--Domestic--House Search this